#41716 [Opn]: Need Clarification About New htmlentities() Param

ID: 41716 User updated by: chris at dented-planet dot net Reported By: chris at dented-planet dot net Status: Open Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Operating System: Mac OS 10.4.9 PHP Version: 5.2.3 New Comment: BTW I wouldn't actually use such code. I did it only to achieve that I think of as "double encoding":) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-06-16 23:32:46] chris at dented-planet dot net Description: ------------ I just need a clarification about the new "$double_encode" param for htmlentities() and htmlspecialchars(). Is it supposed to do as I expect it to do in the code below or am I misuderstanding its use? Reproduce code: --------------- // Output: &lt; echo htmlentities('<', ENT_QUOTES, false); // Expected Output: &lt; // Actual Output: &amp;lt; echo htmlentities(htmlentities('<', ENT_QUOTES, false), ENT_QUOTES, false); ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=41716&edit=1